Written by Brian Azzarello
Art by Phil Noto
Sketchbook material and variant cover by Rags Morales
Cover by JG Jones
Doc Savage returns to DC Comics...and comes face-to-fist with the Batman! Superstar scribe Brian Azzarello (100 BULLETS, JOKER) and the breathtaking art of Phil Noto combine to shine the first light on a shadowy new version of the DC Universe, where the thugs run rampant, corruption runs deep, and even heroes can't be trusted! Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze, hates what he's heard about the connections between a grisly murder and Gotham City's violent new vigilante. But the Batman can't abide do-gooders getting in his way...and his .45 just won't stay in its holster!
Be here for this vital prologue to an upcoming 6-issue miniseries by Azzarello and Rags Morales (IDENTITY CRISIS), which will pull back the curtain to reveal the full width and breadth of DC's new pulp-influenced universe. This special issue also features sketchbook material by Rags Morales that will show you just what you're in for! You might think you're ready - but you're very, very wrong...
Date Available: 11/11/2009
BONUS REVIEW by Jimmy P.S. Hayes
Congratulations to Brian Azzerello for writing his first comic that I've ever enjoyed!!! Don't get me wrong, I know everybody loves him, but I've never really been a "Vertigo guy" and I didn't completely LOVE his Batman & Superman stuff, but this book was outta control AWESOME!!!! In this issue, he creates a WHOLE NEW DC Universe that's fascinating, interesting, completely new and yet has a weird sense of familiarity to it. The thing I found most interesting about this book is the feeling that NO ONE in the DC First Wave is being completely honest with who they are. And the art by Phil Noto is beyond perfect. He draws a comic where everything is impeccably neat & clean, yet the city is dirty & filthy. BUY THIS RIGHT NOW!!!!
